Tomato will be holding a unique global workshop
at the end of March 2004.

The venues for the event will be Kassel University
in Germany, The Rhode Island School of Design in The USA and
the Inter-cross Creative Centre in Sapporo, Japan. This will
ONE workshop held in three different rooms. It just so happens
that the rooms are in different countries. By using the internet
and couriers everyone will be not only able to make work,
talk about it and modify each others work electronically but
also on physical pieces.

This year, the format for the workshops will
change to enable the development of ideas over a longer period.
To this end, in October and early November this year, there
will be a weekend events in each location comprising lectures/presentations
and informal workshops during which projects will be set to
be developed over the following months.

The workshops are open to all but there will
be very limited numbers in each location. Anyone who is familiar
with our past workshops will be aware that we usually try
to keep the numbers of participants low so we can enter into
meaningful dialogues with everyone on an individual basis.
If you want to find out more about the workshops we've held
before please visit Ed Panar's excellent website; http://www.tomatoworkshops.com

Projects will be set during the 'set up weekend'
so that ideas can be developed between the three locations
over the intervening months. Additional projects will be set
in response to the work being made as it develops. Then during
the final ten days, work will be being made around the world
and shared over the internet. We intend to link the venues
by live video for the final period.

The work schedule will be flexible enough to
enable people to continue with their other commitments during
the intervening period, but we do expect it will be hard work.
This format should enable the development of larger projects
such as film, architectural, music, publications and so on.
Therefore we will be endeavouring to provide subsequent outlets
for the work that is made. Already a Japanese magazine has
expressed interest and we hope to be able to exhibit the work
not only on the web but also in physical spaces.

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The fees for individual participants will be;

Sapporo;
Yen 20,000/day 3 days set up + 10 days final workshop = Yen
260,000

Rhode Island;
US$ 200/day 3 days set up + 10 days final workshop = US$ 2,600

Kassel;
Euro 200/day 3 days set up + 10 days final workshop = Euro
2,600

Payment of the fees can be spread over the period,
but we will require the three day weekend fee on confirmation
of booking. As before, transport, subsistence and accommodation
are the responsibility of the participants but we will be
able to recommend low cost facilities in each location.

As this event is more complicated than the previous
ones there will likely
be many questions so we will set up a FAQ page on our website
over the coming weeks.

If you are seriously interested in taking part,
please email your intention
in either English or Japanese to ; schooljp@tomato.co.uk